cms_ID: 61

In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid	facility_name	facility_id	address	city	state	zip	inspection_date	deficiency_tag	scope_severity	complaint	standard	eventid	inspection_text	filedate
61	WEISER CARE OF CASCADIA	135010	331 EAST PARK STREET	WEISER	ID	83672	2016-10-21	281	D	0	1	224111	NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, record review, policy review, and staff interview, it was determined the facility failed to ensure a) staff followed policies and procedures for medication administration, The failure to provide services that met or exceeded professional standards, directly impacted 1 of 18 sampled residents (#15). These deficient practices created the potential for residents not receive the appropriate mediation or other residents to have access to unsecured medications. Findings include: During initial tour of the facility on 10/17/16 at 10:05 am, Resident #15 was observed sitting upright in a chair in his room. On the bedside table were 2 round pills in a small plastic medication cup. Resident #15 made no attempt to take the medication. At 10:10 am, LN #1 entered Resident #15's room. During an interview with LN #1 at that time, she reported Resident #15 did not self-administer his medication and she left the medications at his bedside in error. LN #1 reported the 2 pills were TUMS and administered the 2 pills to Resident #15 at 10:13 am. Resident #15's physician orders, reviewed at 11:00 am on 10/17/16, included an order for [REDACTED]. The facility policy and procedure titled Medication Administration documented that during medication administration the licensed nurse was to remain at the bedside and observe the resident take the medication as prescribed. Leaving medications at the bedside was an infraction of facility standards of practice.	2020-09-01